Cesare

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The palate doesn't really seem to follow the nose. There is some initial "barnyard" funk, reminiscent of hay and/or clover. Plummy mid-palate with dark chocolate and black cherry notes on the back end.

The wine is medium-bodied with a soft mouthfeel and mild tannins. It has a savory character to it that seems to tie in with an allspice note that comes and goes. There is a slight metallic aftertaste - calcium.

It's almost like a chameleon wine but it's my perception that keeps changing rather than the wine itself. I will have to revisit this one tomorrow to see how it develops overnight but it's definitely interesting.

rjquillin

My thoughts exactly.
and I found the Producers Website giving additional info of 4 g/l RS. With only 5.5 g/l TA and no pH listed, this sounds like a pretty soft bottle that may do well to make it to four years.

InFrom

I looked at this last night, and only held off buying because there was nothing much in the way of tasting notes. But now that I've slept on it: I'm curious, since I don't recall ever having this varietal before; chipgreen's notes make it sound at least acceptable; and I've recently become fixated on visiting Puglia. It all adds up to I have to try this.

chipgreen

rjquillin wrote:My thoughts exactly.
and I found the Producers Website giving additional info of 4 g/l RS. With only 5.5 g/l TA and no pH listed, this sounds like a pretty soft bottle that may do well to make it to four years.

Strange, I didn't notice any obvious sweetness and 4g/l should be pretty noticeable. There was a possible touch of sweetness mixed in with what I described as "hay and clover" but it came across as more pungent than sweet, kind of both. As previously mentioned, this wine is all over the place or maybe just my perception of it is. It's somewhere between complex and disjointed - at least it was on Day 1.

Day 2 notes:Darker purple in the glass than I noticed last night. Nose has picked up a bit of a candied cherry note to accompany the berries.

Still getting that funk on the entry but it's leaning a bit more towards earthy than pungent now. Dark fruits on the mid-palate, plum and blackberry with some spice/smoke leading to black cherry and allspice on the finish.

The savory characteristic from last night seems to have morphed into an enjoyably juicy mouthfeel. I really didn't notice the acidity when I first tried this but it was enough to prevent the wine from seeming flabby. I am noticing some acid on the finish today and the tannins are a little more grippy. The slightly metallic aftertaste has almost vanished but I can still sense it a little. The varied parts seem to be coming together and I am liking this a lot more today.

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